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Due to cruises cancelled due to covid and my father passing away we ended up with money owning, which we have asked Cunard to refund us. (This is a very long story....., this is the short version.). Has anyone had a refund from Cunard (Carnival PLC) before? If so have you had it from HSBC Payment service?

Due to cruises cancelled due to covid and my father passing away we ended up with money owning, which we have asked Cunard to refund us. (This is a very long story....., this is the short version.). Has anyone had a refund from Cunard (Carnival PLC) before? If so have you had it from HSBC Payment service?

Coral Princess docked in Salerno, Italy today:

Coral Princess docked in Messina, Italy today:

A selection of webcam capture from the Coral Princess transiting the Suez Canal:

Hi New Zealand Members 🙂. What travel insurance providers would you recommend that would cover cruises, Please?

Good morning from the UK:

It looks like I will be be in bed for the start of her Suez Canal transit (Its 1am here in the UK now), hopefully I will be able to catch her before she gets to the end of the Suez Canal.🙂 Good Night!

Coral Princess anchored off the entrance to the Suez Canal, Egypt today:

I have just come across this cool video of Delta Goodrem singing Queen Elizabeth!

Coral Princess docked in Aqaba, Jordan today: Aqaba is a very interesting place and hot, when we went there before covid we did something that many don't do when they go there we went snorkelling in the red sea!, which was good!

Thank You for the news!, That is a shame they are going to miss another port and be late to Aqaba & Suez! 😞. Hopefully Messina will be a good ad on port 🙂

Coral Princess has two more days before she reach Aqaba, Jordan: She check in to a AIS station early today and she is now in the red sea:

After leaving Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Monday, Coral Princess is now on her way on Aqaba, Jordan, she is due to arrive in Aqaba on the 3rd July 2023. Coral Princess is currently of the coast of Oman: They have now got 4 days at sea till they reach Aqaba. Current position of Coral Princess: Under way from Dubai to Aqaba Departure was 1 d 17 hrs 37 min ago. (at 22:00 h local time) Arrival will be in 4 d 16 hrs 23 min. (at 07:00 h local time) Traveled distance since Dubai: 758.51 nm (1,404.76 km) Remaining distance to Aqaba: 2,057.37 nm (3,810.24 km).

I noticed Carnival Splendor was anchored off Bundaberg today. I put I post up on Facebook about that, so I will be interested to see if any passenger see it and say if it was a port of call or a butt scrape.

I normally would not post just screen shots of a map of a place, but this is special 🙂 Pacific Explorer has made it to Norfork Island today! 😮 and going by reports from Facebook friends, passenger are going ashore on Norfork Island! As we all know Norfork Island is a hard place for passenger to get ashore. I think this is Pacific Explorer only 2? - 3 time passenger have been able to get ashore there!.

Coral Princess spending her 2nd day Dubai, United Arab Emirates today:

Dubai, United Arab Emirates at night:

Coral Princess docked in Dubai, United Arab Emirates today: (She is due to spend over night here). Hope they get the engine fixed 🙂

Jo has updated her blog 🙂 Colombo: https://gaznjoworld2023.blogspot.com/2023/06/colombo-better-late-than-never.html

After leaving Colombo, Sri Lanka on Tuesday, she is now on her way on Muscat, Oman...., opps scratch that....., Just check her AIS..... She is now on her way to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.... That means she has missed her first port of call of the cruise. 😞 Coral Princess is due to arrive in Dubai on the 25th June 2023. Coral Princess is currently of the coast of Goa, India:

is that per person?

One-way.

We are currently on holiday in Scotland to catch with with family and friends who we have not seen in 3/4 years (Since Covid). I thought while we where in Scotland / UK we might do a cruise or two from England or from Europe!, but I am amazed at how crazy the price of the flights to Europe is 😲. We even thought we might be able to fly to the USA or Canada to do a relocation cruise back to New Zealand, but the flight prices are crazy! like 530+ pounds per person to fly to Canada! 😲 Anyone know what's up with the price of flights in the UK?! Also what websites do you use to find flights from the uk?, I know about Skyscanner but they are a pain!

What websites do you guys use to find flights? We have been looking at a few different cruises all over the world, but finding flights have been a bit of a pain. Before covid we use to use Webjet a bit, but they now have a booking fee, so that rules them out. I know about Skyscanner but they are a pain to use!